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Alberto is a professional sailor and filmmaker promoting youth participation in conservation and water sports. He is 6', 247lbs and wearing a size 2XL shirt and 39 boardshorts.

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MEN'S Tiger Shark Trailblazer Sun Shirt

Name: MEN'S Tiger Shark Trailblazer Sun Shirt
Brand: Guatemala
SKU: MHOOD-TST-XS
Price: 72.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.71 (7 reviews)

$72.00 USD

Educational resources & donation included with every purchase. Learn more.

Our sun shirts allow you to spend hours outside in the sun without overheating or cooking your largest organ in UV radiation. Lightweight, airy, stylish, and fun, sun protection as rad as you!

Intimidating stripes cover one of the ocean’s largest apex predators. Sitting atop the marine food pyramid, tiger sharks play a significant role in balancing the tropical and temperate water ecosystem, which is why we celebrate their beauty and support research that informs management of their population.

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1. Ultra lightweight and breathable
2. Certified UPF 50+, blocking >98% of the fireball’s harmful rays
3. Ergonomic hood that stays put in the wind
4. Streamlined thumbholes to protect your hands from the sun
5. 100% fade proof, chlorine, sun, salt water, and sunscreen resistant
6. Fabric mechanically engineered for quick dry, moisture wicking and breathability
7. Tag-less for comfort
Made from recycled materials and knitted into an ultra fine, lightweight fabric, think of it as the working persons stretchy silk. So silky smooth and cool to the touch, your skin literally gets goosebumps when you put it on, but stays shielded from the sun all day on the water. You can stand in an asphalt parking lot on a hot, humid, sunny day in Miami in July at noon and still feel cool. Yep, our test team tested it…reluctantly.

91% Repreve® RPET (recycled polyester made from post-consumer plastic bottles), 9% spandex
5% of sales will be donated to the Shark Research and Conservation Program (SRC) at the University of Miami, helping to fund important research focused on the ecology, movement and conservation of tiger sharks as well as other local shark species.
Orders are lovingly packaged using minimal packaging and eco-responsible materials, and shipped from our wonderful partner warehouse in Pennsylvania within the same or next business day. We’ll email you with your tracking info as soon as your order is shipped.

Learn more about shipping, exchanges and returns here.

UPF 50+ Sun Protection (Max Rating Achievable)

100% Fade-Proof From Chlorine, Sun & Saltwater

Anti-Microbial = Smell-Resistant

Fibers Mechanically Engineered For Quick-Dry & Moisture-Wicking

Made From Recycled Materials

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Packaged responsibly

We lovingly prepare each one of our orders for its journey to you using the best packaging materials we can find with the least environmental impact.

Free returns + exchanges

Free within the U.S. International orders must pay return postage. Exchanges orders can be placed immediately with an instant credit.

Happiness Guaranteed

We stand behind every product we make. If you have a problem, we will solve it with the relentless determination of a salmon swimming upstream to spawn.

Advocate Apparel Inspired by tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier)

Tiger sharks are classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as “Near Threatened”, and thus, research, education and outreach is essential to ensuring healthy populations. As one of the ocean’s largest predators, these critical species sit at the top of the food chain, helping to regulate the delicate balance of populations of those beneath in the ecosystem. Decreased populations can result in trophic cascades, impacting the abundance and behavior of other species lower on the food chain.

A female tiger shark rests on the submerged platform as the team attaches a satellite tag. Photo by Jim Abernethy.

Photo by Neil Hammerschlag

Neil Hammerschlag, deploying a Nat Geo Crittercam and acoustic tag on a free swimming tiger. Image by Brian Skerry.

Multiple research methods have shown that some species of sharks have declined in population by 90% or more during the last several decades in areas where they were formerly abundant. These declines are due to direct targeting in commercial fisheries, mostly for their fins and sometimes meat. Additionally, sharks are often caught unintentionally as bycatch in many other fisheries, caught and killed in some recreational fisheries (unlike catch and release), and may also be impacted by humans more indirectly through threats like habitat loss, pollution, and human-driven declines in the fish species sharks rely on for food.

5% of sales from your purchase of this product are donated to the Shark Research and Conservation Program at the University of Miami

The Shark Research & Conservation Program (SRC) at the University of Miami conducts cutting-edge shark research while also inspiring scientific literacy and environmental ethic in youth through unique hands-on field research experiences. Every year, SRC brings out thousands of people, mostly school-children, on their research boats to survey, sample, tag and study sharks. Opportunities are especially made available for under-served populations in the sciences. SRC’s science focuses broadly on understanding the effects of environmental change on the behavioral ecology and conservation biology of sharks in a human‐altered world.

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"We are so proud of our collaboration with Waterlust. Not only does their support help enable our shark conservation research, but the apparel itself is a walking billboard for marine conservation. I love it when people on the street stop to ask me about my tiger shark board shorts. It's an opportunity to start a conversation about the wonders and perils faced by sharks and how the average person can help make a difference.”

Neil Hammerschlag, Ph.D.

the Shark Research and Conservation Program at the University of Miami

Too Small

The 3XL shirt is the size of a XL in comparison to other brands. It is a gorgeous shirt but just too little.

Breathable Comfortable Design

My partner states that this sun shirt is breathable and comfortable with a great design. Fits true to size. When asked how it performs in Texas heat, he noted this sun shirt feels cooler than other brands of sun shirts he owns.

Love these shirts

I now own three Waterlust sun shirts, and I couldn't be happier with them. They are exceptionally comfortable and keep you cool under hot conditions as advertised. I found they also are great to wear snorkeling for sun protection when in the water. I have thinning hair, so when I'm snorkeling, I put the hood on before I put my mask on so that the top of my head doesn't get sunburned. I also think the shirts look good, so I don't feel like I need to change into something else to wear around town after a day on the water. They seem well made. They are worth the money, and part of the puchase goes to worthy conservation causes.

Shark on a kayak

My wife and I both acquired Sun shirts, hers is the Sun Kissed Sea, and mine the Tiger Shark Trailblazer. We got them for use during our kayaking adventures. Today, we both went out on our colorful, head turning garments.
We wanted to enhance face protection, and have long sleeves, since we live in the tropics. We use zinc oxide sun screen, paddling head gear, but we wanted yet another layer of protection, without frying under the sun.
These shirts are awesome! The hood protects what the other items can't, the long sleeves cover our arms, and the material is breathable and cool.
Thank you so much, we'll be coming back for more!

Coast Guard Approved

Excellent coverage and comfy design. Got compliments from several Coast Guard members when they saw this shirt!

Awesome

This thing is amazing
Super soft, fits great! I’m 5’5 (a girl)
I was just looking up styles to buy another..
Any chance of a Sea Turtle style?!

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MEN'S Tiger Shark Trailblazer Sun Shirt

UPF 50+ Sun Protection (Max Rating Achievable)